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#Sorrell's superDUPERfast Cold War Review
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Review for Chapter 26 Exam
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One purpose of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) was
give educational aid to returning veterans.
replace the draft with an all-volunteer military.
maintain troop strength to WWII levels.
end racial segregation in the military.
2
When countries were trying to stock pile weapons during the Cold War
Nuke Wars
Cuban Missile Crisis
Star Wars
Arms Race
3
A belief that becomes popular and gains followers
Cold War
communism
fad
ideology
4
Made US look like we had fallen behind in scientific achievement
U-2 Spy Plane Incident
Launch of Sputnik by the USSR
US placing missiles in Turkey
Cuban Missile Crisis
5
American life in the 1950s was one of
declining importance of media.
decrease in automobile ownership.
increase in number of elderly people.
conformity.
6
Soviet Union's and North Korea's economic system?
socialism
capitalism
taoism
communism
7
The Berlin Airlift was in response to
Elephants being dropped into Vietnam
War crime trials at Nuremeburg
Germany refusing to pay war reparations
The Soviet Unions blockade of West Berlin
8
Making accusations of treason with no hard evidence
Blacklisting
McCarthyism
espionage
Trumpism
9
The Marshall Plan...
plan to defeat Japan
plan to defeat Germany
plan to aid Europe after the war
plan to defend against nuclear attack
10
Isolation of the Soviet Union from the rest of the world
DMZ
Iron Curtain
Cold War
Isolationism
11
US's economic system?
communism
capitalism
nazism
socialism
12
Buffer zone between North and South Korea
Nuke zone
Dead zone
No man's' land
Demilitarized zone
13
What was the reason that President Truman decided to use atomic bombs on Japan?
Japan was developing an atomic weapon.
Too many Allied soldiers would die.
Japan and the USSR were forming an alliance against the USA,
Germany would surrender if Japan was defeated.
14
Which of these is NOT an example of the Second Red Scare?
the McCarthy Hearings
Alger Hiss conviction
The Rosenberg Trial and execution
the election of Dwight D. Eisenshower
15
Which of these is an example that best illustrates the Cold War Policy of Containment?
Nuremberg Trials
Support of Mao Zedong in China
Recognizing the state of Israel
Korean War
16
Who was Senator that said they could identify communist in govt. and society?
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph McCarthy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
17
What was the main purpose of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and the Berlin Airlift?
controlling Nazism in Europe
spreading democracy to developing nations
spreading communism
stopping the political and military expansion of the USSR
18
What were the names of the Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were dropped?
Kawasaki & Kyoto
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Chiba and Yamamoto
Yokoska and Asakusa
19
Truman's containment policy...
support people resisting the spread of communism
support people resisting the spread of capitalism
keep Soviets from traveling
a policy of US isolationism
20
Which if these is a valid conclusion concerning the US's involvement in the Korean War?
Americans will support war, whether declared or undeclared.
UN economic sanctions are better than military action.
America emerged as the winner in the Korean War.
Policy of containment was applied to Asia as well as Europe.
21
US foreign policy to stop the spread of communism
Capitalism
Containment
Cold War
Arms Race
22
In 1948 Pres. Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to do what?
ban racial segregation in the armed forces
force Native Americans to live on reservations
create government jobs for returning soldiers
send Japanese Americans to internment camps
23
Which country came to the aid of Communist North Korea during the Korean War?
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
China
24
Stalin's reason for the Berlin Blockade
Marshall Plan
US use of atomic bomb in Japan
merging of French British and US zones in Germany
US military in Japan
25
Which of the following was the result of the post WWII urban-suburban pattern shift?
Movement of factories to rural areas
Expansion of highway system and car ownership
A decline in the number of middle income families.
An increase in the number offarms
26
Why was NATO created?
share funds of the Marshall Plan
promote trade with eastern Europe
protect North America
Protect nations from USSR aggression
27
Superpowers
Great Britain and France
Soviet Union and USA
China and Japan
Turkey and Greece
28
1945-1991 conflict between the US and the USSR
Berlin Crisis
World War III
The Not So Hot War
The Cold War
29
First artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
Sputnik
Laika
Challenger
Apollo
30
Economic system where whole community collectively owns & controls property, goods & production
socialism
capitalism
communism
nazism
31
After WWII, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to
remove all weapons of war from Europe.
improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.
bring Nazi war criminals to justice.
help European nations recover economically.
32
Which two countries participated in the Berlin Airlift to provide supplies for nearly a year?
Germany and Soviet Union
United States and Great Britain
Ukraine and Czechoslovakia
France and Japan
33
Which of these factors led to an increase in suburban neighborhoods?
decrease in construction of homes and schools.
increase in number of women in the workforce.
a rise in birth rates.
decrease in number of home loans.
34
What is the name for the Jewish homeland that was formed by the UN in former British held area.
Iraq
Israel
Kuwait
Jordan
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Theory that if one nation falls to communism others will follow
Lincoln Log Theory
Tree in the Forest Theory
Lego Theory
Domino Theory
